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Resumo A Constituição de 1988 representou importantes conquistas de direitos em torno de um projeto de país com um modelo de desenvolvimento socioeconômico orientado para a redução de risco de doenças e agravos e um meio ambiente ecologicamente equilibrado. Estas conquistas se manifestaram nas políticas, na institucionalização e na criação de espaços institucionais de participação da sociedade. O objetivo deste artigo é situar as conquistas e também os limites e obstáculos na agenda de saúde e ambiente expressos nestes 30 anos do Sistema Único de Saúde. As conquistas são situadas a partir da ampliação dos espaços institucionais de participação da sociedade e institucionalização no Sistema Único de Saúde dos temas relacionados aos riscos ambientais. Os limites são situados a partir da relação entre desenvolvimento e padrões de riscos ambientais presentes nos níveis global, regional, local e comunitário. Por fim são apontados os obstáculos que, a partir do golpe parlamentar de 2016, não só acentuaram os limites já existentes, como vem produzindo retrocessos em diversas áreas relacionadas à saúde ambiental.
Abstract The 1988 Constitution represents an important achievement in terms of rights and an important pact sealed around a long-term strategy for the nation's future based on a social development model oriented towards reducing the risk of disease and injuries and an ecologically balanced environment. These achievements manifested themselves in policies, institutionalization and the creation of spaces for public participation. The article outlines the main achievements, limits and obstacles that have affected the environmental and health agendas in the last 30 years since the creation of the Unified Health System . The achievements are framed within the broadening of political space for public participation and the institutionalization of the theme of environmental risks within the SUS, while the limits are framed in the relationship between development and trends of environmental risk at global/regional, local and community scale. Finally, obstacles are outlined showing that the parliamentary coup of 2016 not only accentuated existing limits, but also represents a giant represent a giant step backward in various areas related to environmental health.
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Humans , Environmental Health/trends , Delivery of Health Care/organization & administration , Risk Reduction Behavior , National Health Programs/organization & administration , Politics , Brazil , Community Participation , Models, TheoreticalABSTRACT
AIM: To report the psychometric testing of the Household Risk Perception and Self-Efficacy in Environmental Risk Reduction instruments using principal components analysis. BACKGROUND: There are limited instruments available to test household risk perception and self-efficacy related to environmental health behaviours. The Household Risk Perception instrument was developed to measure personal perceptions of household environmental health risks. The Self-Efficacy in Environmental Risk Reduction instrument was designed to measure caregivers' confidence in taking steps to reduce household risks. DESIGN: An exploratory analysis of previous data was undertaken. METHOD: Baseline data from 235 caregivers enrolled in a randomized clinical trial testing a healthy housing intervention were collected between 2006-2009. Principal components analysis was used to determine principal components from measured responses to each instrument. RESULTS: Components were explored and compared to constructs used to design the original instruments. A five-component structure showed the simplest solution and explained 65% of variance in the Household Risk Perception analysis. Cronbach's alpha values indicated satisfactory internal consistency for four of five identified components. Risk perception varied according to available sensory input of the specific risk. A four-component structure explained 64% of the variance in the Self-Efficacy in Environmental Risk Reduction analysis. Cronbach's alpha values were satisfactory. Items mapped to steps in an action-oriented process vs. agent-specific actions. Results from both analyses suggest that environmental tobacco smoke is perceived differently than other household risks. CONCLUSION: Previously, both instruments relied on item reliability and content validity testing. This study provides a basis for further instrument revision and theoretical testing.
